When You See Your Chance Take It #042
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
“If you want to be successful, you do whatever it takes.” — Gino Blefari
From serving burgers to serving as CEO of Warren Buffett’s real estate franchise – which includes Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Real Living and Prudential – Gino Blefari’s story demonstrates his life-long commitment to personal development.
In this episode of “Takeover Tuesday” with Buffini & Company CEO, Dermot Buffini, Gino shares his journey to success. He reveals how he first became interested in real estate, the role Zig Ziglar played in helping him sell his first house, why he always takes his MEDS (meditation, exercise, diet and sleep) everyday, and the motivational words of wisdom that have shaped his career.
You’ll learn why habits are important to success, why it’s important to make time for personal development and the seven principles of success. By the end of this episode, you’ll be inspired to create a routine that will help you succeed.
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“When you see your chance, take it.” — Steve Winwood
“I help people achieve their goals faster than they would in my absence.” — Gino Blefari
“Talent plus systems equal ‘unstoppable’.” — Bill Walsh
“I will live today as all good actors do when they are on stage: only in the moment. I cannot perform at my best today by regretting my previous act’s mistakes or worrying about the scene to come.” — Og Mandino
“If you want to be successful, you do whatever it takes.” — Gino Blefari
“Most people never achieve their goals because they never look at them.” — Gino Blefari
“You gotta want it more than anything or anyone.” — Gino Blefari
“Work harder on yourself than you do in your job.” — Jim Rohn
Mentioned in this episode:
Tom Hopkins: How to Master the Art of Selling
Og Mandino: The Greatest Salesman in the World, Mission: Success!
Rudyard Kipling: If
Norman Vincent Peele: The Power of Positive Thinking: (The success formula)
Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich (The Self Confidence Formula)
Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage
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| 0:00.0 | Well welcome to the Brian Biffini show. I'm Brian Biffini. No, no, no, I'm not Brian Biffini. |
| 0:21.6 | This is TakeOver Tuesday. This is his brother, Dharma Biffini. And I'm the CEO of Biffini |
| 0:27.4 | Company and once a month I'll be taken over the show from Brian. And I'm going to be sitting |
| 0:31.8 | down with some folks who I've met along the way and talking to them about their journey |
| 0:36.0 | of success. And as you guys know, success leaves clues. And as we talk to these folks, |
| 0:40.5 | we're going to learn from the journey, we're going to learn the path that they took, all |
| 0:43.7 | the twists and all the turns and all the lessons that they learned and even some of the routines |
| 0:47.8 | that helped them be successful. Now our guest today is Gino Biffini. And Gino is a big |
| 0:52.9 | deal in the real estate world. Gino works for none other than the Oracle of Omaha, Warren |
| 0:57.6 | Buffett. Gino serves as the CEO of HSF Affilius, which operates the real estate brokerage networks |
| 1:04.4 | of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Perdenture Real Estate and real living real estate. |
| 1:09.5 | I've gotten to know Gino over the past 10 years fairly well and I've got to tell you, he's |
| 1:13.4 | a fantastic character. Gino is a can-do guy. He's known for his enthusiasm and his passion |
| 1:19.6 | for life and he's high on life. And he is a learner. There's not a self-help book he |
| 1:24.8 | hasn't read and there's not a class he hasn't attended. But Gino is more than a learner. |
| 1:28.9 | He's a doer. And what's been fascinating to watch in his story is that he has applied |
| 1:33.2 | this knowledge and put it into action and he's read the rewards. And I asked Gino to tell |
| 1:38.1 | us about his early years. Let's listen to it. |
| 1:40.1 | You're in Northern California, boy. You went to school at San Jose State. Right. Yeah. |
| 1:45.4 | And what did you study there? I studied business there at San Jose State. But you're entrepreneurial |
| 1:49.2 | spirit, husband and wife and wife. You're a very driven individual. But you were telling |
| 1:53.3 | me a little bit about what it was like at San Jose. You just didn't go to school. What |
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